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England & Wales legal aid needs 25% rise: Commission
Cross-party group calls present situation unsustainable
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Bars across Scotland opt out of COP26 courts
Associations reject fees offer limited to COP26 cases
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Sheriff rules on proof of course of behaviour for abuse
Corroboration not required of each separate incident libelled
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Reconviction rates rise in latest figures
Statistics for offenders from 2018-19 buck recent downward trend
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SLAB consults on assessment of accounts
Travel and subsistence changes proposed; views sought for accounts guidance
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GBA members to boycott holiday custody courts
Action announced in protest at unequal treatment and "chronic underfunding"
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MSPs invite views on Scottish criminal justice budget
Legal aid among the topics to be scrutinised in review of spending plans
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Children exposed to crime to have Bairns' Hoose by 2025
Combined services to be available to all eligible victims or witnesses
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Support found for wide ranging miners' strike pardon
Responses to consultation want proposed pardon to be inclusive
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Report reveals views of young on sentencing guideline
Research finds support for rehabilitation, and reparation to victim
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Replacement legal aid support fund open to applications
Firms have until 18 August to apply for share of £6.7m support
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Commission extends homicide reform response deadline
Comments on discussion paper remain open until 15 October 2021
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MPs call for urgent legal aid reforms south of border
Justice Committee report highlights significant issues similar to Scotland
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30% of rejected fiscal fines not prosecuted: FOI release
Government says decisions in individual cases a matter for COPFS
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Community sentence aim not being met: Audit Scotland
Report finds lack of progress in switching from custodial disposals
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SLAB not bound to pay statutory interest: Appeal Court
Appeal allowed against decision that commercial late payment rules apply
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Ministers commit to state-of-the-art forensic lab
New facility will provide post mortem toxicology services
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Research reveals public's views of sex crime sentencing
Study finds lack of awareness of offences, and actual sentences imposed
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Commission brings Scots definitions of homicide under review
New discussion paper puts options to redefine murder and culpable homicide
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Legal aid support options aired as further talks held
Government sets out possible ways to use balance of resilience fund
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Howard League calls for less remand as big jump reported
Nearly a quarter of Scottish prisoners are awaiting trial
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Salmond trial blogger given eight months for contempt
Craig Murray's posts could have led to complainers being identified
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Barrister fined £5,000 for Supreme Court judgment leak
Environmental lawyer not justified in breaking embargo to protest decision
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Jail term upheld for mother's false tax credit claim
12 months not excessive for 68 month, £55,000 fraud by abused mother of six